SamSawnoff
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The Aussie tail from six down added twice as many runs as the Sri Lankans overall. In a low scoring match that's a big deal.
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***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka
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benchmark00
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h00ssey it is.
Next test being in Kandy should suit Tony Greig to the ground. Fat ****.
Next test being in Kandy should suit Tony Greig to the ground. Fat ****.
flibbertyjibber
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First step on a long road. least it was a forward one and not a backwards one. Need to complete the job by winning the series. Well played Australia. Worrying times for SL.
Spark
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Hardly surprising, but that's exactly why a strong tail can be so important.
SamSawnoff
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I didn't have the sound up today. Didn't want to listen to shiny suited snake oil selling.
pup11
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No doubt he should be presisted with but he certainly would have to improve in the upcoming games and learn to adapt his bowling in different conditions.
adub
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It wasn't a great pitch for him and Clarke didn't give him the really long spells he thrives on. He'll take plenty of wickets I've no doubt. Of course if he doesn't he'll lose his spot just like anyone else, but use him right and I don't think that it will end up being a problem.
pup11
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The pitch surely didn't suit likes of Watto and Harris either but they found a way around that, they attacked the stumps,bowled cutters and kept mixing things up.
Copeland needs to learn a lot but still I would have expected to see him do a few basic things like run his fingers across the ball or bowl a bumper every now and then to push the batsman back, also I'm sure Clarke would have given him long spells had he looked threatening with the ball.
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They are more experienced though, be interesting to see if Copeland learns quickly about what needs to be done at this level like somebody like Bresnan has done for England. Bresnan looked an ordinary swing bowler in his debut series, far more than that now.
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I was consistent tbf.
Spikey
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consistently ****, ****
Burgey
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Copeland's biggest problem is people don't take him for what he is - an extremely accurate, tall medium pacer who bowls one bad ball a week.
Times have changed and everyone wants raw pace. In 81 and 89 Alderman took 40 wickets a series bowling meds.
He'll live or die by what he is. If he bowls well but the powers that be think "he's not quick enough" then nothing has changed in Australian cricket.
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This
Days of Grace
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Well done Australia.
The acid test will be if they can keep playing well in the series. Have a feeling the Sri Lankans will come back up like last night's pizza in the second test. However, I think Sri Lanka is becoming dangerously over-reliant on Sanga and Mahela post-Murali.
The acid test will be if they can keep playing well in the series. Have a feeling the Sri Lankans will come back up like last night's pizza in the second test. However, I think Sri Lanka is becoming dangerously over-reliant on Sanga and Mahela post-Murali.